Young
adults have always engaged in pre-marital sex, but it seems as though society
is beginning to take it less seriously. Years ago it was a taboo subject that
people did secretly. Today, sex is an act that comes along with a “no big deal”
attitude. It is that new “so what, everyone does it” attitude that has led
people to believe that young adults are having more no-strings-attached sex
than their predecessors did. I have witnessed this new attitude across the
campus of Southern Arkansas University.
Sex is a biological urge
and the temptation to submit to it is strong. Students are engaging in sexual activities,
likely in the same as always. Nowadays, however, the new attitude has made it
much less of a taboo and more of a social norm. Because of this, it is less
likely today that the people “hooking up” (which is an ambiguous term that can
refer to sex, but also to simply making out) are partners. Instead, more students are hooking up with
people they are not dating. After only two months at SAU I have heard of more
cases of people “hooking up” with someone other than a dating partnet than I
did my whole senior year of high school. Having been involved in this “hooking
up” culture, although not having sex, it becomes clear to me as to why it is
becoming less of a taboo. Our attitudes about the subject, in general are
becoming more and more accepting of it.
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